Meet Warm Veins, a Salt Lake band operating between hardcore and shoegaze.

An eight-track self-titled release is an entry point into the local heavy-music circuit.

Start with the record, not a prediction about who will be famous next.

Warm Veins’ Bandcamp page identifies the project as based in Salt Lake City and tags its music with hardcore, metalcore, post-metal and shoegaze. Its self-titled album was released November 5, 2025: eight tracks, including Cold Highways, Box Cutter and Chemical Sleep.

The credits give the release a local production trail. It was recorded at Archive Recordings in September and October 2025, engineered and mixed by Wes Johnson, and mastered by Will Killingsworth. Josh is credited with vocals, guitar and bass; Sean with drums.

There is a current reason to explore that back catalogue. SLUG’s October Localized listing places Warm Veins on the October 22 Kilby Court bill with Wicked Temple and Vicious Souls. The album is the way in before, or after, discovering the name on a poster.

For listeners building a Utah playlist beyond the most recognizable names, this is a specific starting point: a real release, named collaborators and a direct artist page. This is a discovery briefing based on release credits and event reporting, not a claim of an exclusive interview or an on-site review.